THEATRES AND OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
1. THEATRES
  2000 2005 2007 2008
Theatres - number 75 75 78 78
 Dramatic 43 39 39 39
 Opera and ballet 4 5 5 5
 Operetta 3 5 5 5
 Puppet 16 16 18 18
 Dramatic-puppet 5 6 7 7
 Opera-philharmonic 4 4 4 4
Capacity - number 30 277 30 105 29 977 28 386
 Dramatic 16 769 15 880 15 776 14 510
 Opera and ballet 1 790 1 543 2 630 1 675
 Operetta 1 808 2 592 2 010 2 010
 Puppet 2 998 2 692 2 667 2 921
 Dramatic-puppet 3 303 3 888 4 184 4 360
 Opera-philharmonic 3 609 3 510 2 710 2 910
Theatre performances -  number 10 465 10 776 10 951 10 880
 Dramatic 5 286 5 147 4 872 4 608
 Opera and ballet 212 319 298 390
 Operetta 229 271 271 324
 Puppet 3 483 3 367 3 342 3 617
 Dramatic-puppet 993 1 424 1 651 1 537
 Opera-philharmonic 262 248 517 404
Stagings 1 269 1 453 1 349 1 449
 of which: new stagings 307 310 253 278
Average number of  performances per theatre - number 140 144 140 139
Theatre attendance - thousands 1 286 1 475 1 636 1 679
 Dramatic 750 823 869 856
 Opera and ballet 61 117 119 140
 Operetta 50 69 78 85
 Puppet 260 255 262 289
 Dramatic-puppet 104 147 176 165
 Opera-philharmonic 61 64 132 144
Average number of attendances
 Per theatre - thousands 17 20 21 22
 Per performance - number 123 137 149 154
2. THEATRES BY STATISTICAL ZONE AND STATISTICAL REGION IN 2008
(Number)
Statistical zones and
sratistical regions		 Theatres Stages Seating capacity Performances Attendances
Total 78 106 28 386 10 880 1 678 891
North and South-East Bulgaria
North-West 7 13 3 241 770 92 259
North Central 9 17 4 655 1 207 202 653
North-East 8 12 3 071 1 390 143 650
South-East 11 14 3 577 1 913 232 207
South-West and South Central Bulgaria
South-West 30 36 9 840 4 079 766 454
South Central 13 14 4 002 1 521 241 668
3. MUSIC AND DANCE FORMATIONS 1
(Number)
  2000 2005 2007 2008
Music and dance formations 30 42 44 47
Performances 1 274 2 349 2 355 2 492
  Per formation 42 56 54 53
Attendances 442 588 613 449 783 411 841 737
  Per performance 347 261 333 338
1Philharmonic societies; Ensembles for folk songs and dances; Orchestras.
4. RECITALS AND CONCERTS
  2005 2007 2008
Number Attendances - number Number Attendances - number Number Attendances - number
Recitals 15 927 64 4 630 57 2 730
Concerts 643 1 115 315 1 003 418 163 1 124 503 780
  Variety shows (Folk, Pop, Rock) 165 1 016 686 217 271 807 263 305 496
  Folklore 56 7 080 284 43 827 354 97 685
  Symphony 66 37 500 133 27 800 96 8 200
  Chamber 188 12 235 138 15 526 172 13 530
  Others 168 41 814 231 59 203 239 78 869

Published on 22.05.2009

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